| Reviewed: |
Jan 27, 2011 by Faculty Development |
| Overview: |
MERLOT ELIXR is a high-quality digital collection of faculty teaching stories that can be used in faculty development programs and also accessed by individual instructors. The site contains over 70 discipline-specific multimedia stories which were developed in collaboration with over 30 higher education institutions across the U.S. and beyond. They illustrate exemplary teaching practices and inspire faculty to adopt those practices with their students. Topics include Course Preparation & Design, Understanding & Addressing Students’ Needs, Teaching Strategies, Technology &Learning, Developing Instructional Expertise, and Assessment & Evaluation. In addition to the video case stories, there are excellent implementation resources related to the specific teaching topic. |
| Learning Goals: |
To support faculty development efforts with college faculty in a wide variety of topics. |
| Target Student Population: |
Faculty at the college level or perhaps at the secondary level. |
| Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills: |
Some teaching experience would be desirable. |
| Type of Material: |
Streaming video with text and other supporting resources |
| Recommended Uses: |
For use in Face-to Face Faculty Development Workshops:
•Cases can be previewed prior to a workshop.
•Facilitator can show a case story to demonstrate a point and/or lead into an exercise.
•Facilitator can have participants get into groups and have each group review a case story and respond to questions. Cases can serve as examples of a pedagogical approach during a consultation.
•Links to cases can be provided in workshop materials as a suggested resource.
•Cases can be used prior to a consultation with a faculty member for preview, during a consultation to demonstrate a strategy in action and share the resource, or after a consultation for review.
Other ideas includes:
•New faculty can be sent links to key case stories to prepare them for New Faculty Orientation.
•Cases can be sent to faculty as orientation for new ventures.
•Cases can be integrated into an online workshop. |
| Technical Requirements: |
Ability to play Flash streaming audio and video. |
